The Royal Monastery of the Emerald Buddha

Another one of the major structures in the Grand Palace complex in Bangkok is the Royal Monastery of the Emerald Buddha. This is basically a temple that houses an emerald Buddha – one of the most highly venerated figures in the country. The fact is, the Emerald Buddha, isn’t even made of emerald at all, but it was carved from a single rock of jade. When it was first discovered, the statue was covered in plaster and only until the plaster was peeling that the greed jade was revealed. Thinking it was emerald, it was quickly named the Emerald Buddha and enshrined.
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